Project Operation Beast

[ciema17]

Ok, so this is my very first PC build, and I must say it probably took me longer to pick parts for the PC than an actually building it took. I spent about $1850.00 on just the tower itself and I'm very proud of what I accomplished, and so I figured I would share with you guys the end product... Any why did i decide to build a PC? Well I'm a gamer and integrated graphics on a laptop were just not cutting it, simple as that.... With the taxes coming up and me starting school i decided it was time for a MAJOR upgrade.

 

Big thanks to anyone on the forum who helped me with deciding on the parts

 

PcPartPicker http://pcpartpicker.com/user/ciema17/saved/xsvmP6

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866

Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB / Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980

Case: Corsair Air 540

PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold

 

PS Just a quick FYI for everyone who is considering buying be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, its super sexy... its super quiet... Its a B**TH! to install!!! I'm a very small person with small hands and I needed to ask one of my friends for help.... took us few ungodly contraptions ideas and 30 min to put the thing on and I WILL CRY if i ever have to remove the thing... -_______- 

 

***UPDATE 2-27-2016***

 

Since my PC just hit a 1 year mark I figured I'd post a quick update. PC is still running great! No parts failed, no issues, still SUPER quiet. Case does get quite dusty inside but I have no issues with cleaning it without the need to pull out any parts.

 

 

Edited February 17, 2016 by ciema17

[C0LL0SS0S]

your gpu is quite sagging 

[ciema17]

ugh

[ciema17]

your gpu is quite sagging 

 

 

I just realized that today as well.... I think the case came with the bracket to hold it up, I'll have to double check TT^TT

[C0LL0SS0S]

I just realized that today as well.... I think the case came with the bracket to hold it up, I'll have to double check TT^TT

otherwise get a piece of string or something better than sagging like this

[Dmon]

Nice and simple build. +1

 

 

your gpu is quite sagging 

 

The wind-forces do tend to have quite a bit of sag on them, they're monstrously long.

[creatureofthecave]

That is one sexy computer, nice build and good job on the cable managment

[C0LL0SS0S]

Nice and simple build. +1

 

 

 

The wind-forces do tend to have quite a bit of sag on them, they're monstrously long.

have one aswell, isn't sagging this much though

[ciema17]

That is one sexy computer, nice build and good job on the cable managment

 

Thanks.... Took me a while.... theres quite a bit of a space in the back to hide cables so i had a lot of room to work with

[HellaflushMcSwaggins]

otherwise get a piece of string or something better than sagging like this

What I did to fix the sag in my case was to route the PCIe power cable trough the highest cable management hole and it's fine

[ciema17]

What I did to fix the sag in my case was to route the PCIe power cable trough the highest cable management hole and it's fine

 

 

Nice I didnt even think about that 

[Ja Krispie]

That's one lovely build! I wish I did that good with cable management my first time around! Looking forward to upgrading my main rig of the mistakes of the parts I chosen the first time around. Live and learn but congrats again on your first build!

[ciema17]

That's one lovely build! I wish I did that good with cable management my first time around! Looking forward to upgrading my main rig of the mistakes of the parts I chosen the first time around. Live and learn but congrats again on your first build!

 

Thanks, I actually did cable management on my fiend's PC the other day too because it was driving me insane, i like my cables looking nice everywhere hahaha